Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Apple may surprise with near immediate availability of iPad 2 next week — While media reports have shed considerable doubt on Apple’s capacity to facilitate a full-scale launch of its second-generation iPad in the short term, AppleInsider has reason to believe that customers could be holding …
Courtney Boyd Myers / The Next Web:
Police in the UK are seeking authority to close domains — As first reported by the BBC, The Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) is seeking the authority to close domains engaged in certain “criminal” activities, which includes not just website domains, but domain registrations such as email, and perhaps phones, too*.
Patrick Thibodeau / Computerworld:
U.S. building next wave of supercomputers — Two 20-petaflop systems planned for 2012, but China’s Tianhe-1A expected to rank No.1 on Top500 list this year — Computerworld – The U.S. is building two 20-petaflop supercomputers, many times more powerful than anything operating today …
Tom Krazit / Relevant Results:
Google to offer encrypted search next week — Google plans to offer encrypted search next week, it announced Friday in disclosing an embarrassing Street View privacy gaffe. — Google’s Marissa Mayer, vice president of search products and user experience, hinted that such a feature …